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BETHEL UNIVERSITY
Thursday, March 2, 2006
http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/clarion
Volume 81 • Number 17
Abortion discussed at length
New Life resource center speaks in chapel
By Monique Champeau
Abortion. The word itself
brings up powerful emotions
and viewpoints for many Bethel
students. When Mindy Bosma,
Bethel alumnus and director al a
New Life Family Services, siood
up in chapel last Friday, Feb.
24, she knew she was breaking a painful silence for many
people.
A first for Bethel chapel occurred that day when a live ultrasound of a woman 13 weeks
into pregnancy revealed a visible
heartbeat and an active baby.
"The mom doesn't even
look 'pregnant,' but as you can
see, there's a lot going on inside," said Bethel alumnus and
New Life nurse Meghan Anderson. "After six weeks, the mom
has jusl missed her first period,
and there's already a heartbeat."
One-third of American
women will have an abortion
before age 45, making it one of
the most common yet life-altering decisions women can make.
New Life, a non-profit
Christian pregnancy resource
center wilh five locations in
the Twin Cities, seeks to help
expectant mothers with unplanned pregnancies. It offers
resources for abstinence education, free pregnancy tests, a licensed adoption agency, limited
ultrasounds, a baby clothing
shelf and several support groups
and counselors for those dealing
with single parenting, adoption
or abortion.
"When I was ai Belhel, I
didn't even know these places
existed. If someone had come
to me for help, I wouldn't have
known what to do," said Bosma. "New Life is here to share
a message of forgiveness, grace,
healing and hope. We are non-
judgmental; we welcome anyone with open arms, and we're
always open and willing to talk
wilh someone."
A follow-up panel on Monday, Feb. 27 allowed Bethel
women to discuss abortion and
hear from a variety of women
who have dealt with the issue
firsthand. They talked about
past pregnancies, abortion-related infertility and lhe pain and
fear of dealing with pregnancy
in an often-judgmental Christian atmosphere.
Though pregnancy seems
to be ignored by or unaccepted
for Christian teens, the message
of the panel was clear: sexual
sin and abortion are just like
any other sin and they need to
be addressed as such.
One panelist said that "we
live in a world where people
don't know how lo respond
most oT the lime. Sex needs to be
talked about; lhe lies Satan tells
us need lo be talked about."
Another admitted that finding a communiiy in which lo
talk openly about her past "finally allowed her to confront
where she was coming from."
While the subject remains
somewhat hush-hush in Christian circles, the goal of ihis
week's chapel and panel discussion was to open eyes and
provide resources and answers
to questions. Sludents are encouraged to check out New Life
Family Services at http://www.
nlfs.org/ for more information
about pregnancy, abortion or
what New Life has lo offer.
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Photo by Danica Myers
Live sonogram brings a heightened level of reality to the message.
^ i HEOS
CHftRftC emo
Heather Rae
Nameth at 9th
Street Gallery
Photos by Danica Myers
Local artist makes art
which comments on
the kitsch that can
frequently be found
decorating Grandma's
kitchen.
No split opinions on Snowcoming
On Feb. 24 students gathered in Benson Great Hall
where there were more
than a "couple" of laughs.
All the dorms entered into
friendly competition for
Snowcoming, which was
known as Mr. & Mrs. Homecoming in years past.
For a complete photo
spread, go to page six.
Photo: The opening dance
number started the evening
on a high note.
Graduate Records
Examination
revised
V
GRE changes shift
student's thinking on
taking the test
By David M. Miller
Some good news might
be in sight for scores of Bethel
sludents looking to take the
Graduate Records Examination,
or GRE, in the coming months.
A revised examination format
was recently approved by the
board of the Educational Testing
Service, or ETS, the company
whom administers the GRE.
The board has decided to
push the new launch dale back
from October 2006 to the fall
of 2007. The new test date provides an opportunity for students to lake the exam under
the old format, one which many
studenis express ihey are more
comfortable with.
The new GRE will be done
in an entirely computer-based,
electronic format. But some
problems have been raised in
getting the new platform into
operation by the 2006 date.
However, "The higher
education and graduate communities are excited about the
revised GRE," said Mari Pearlman, senior vice president of
the higher education division at
ETS. "They worked with us to
create this revised test, and they
are looking forward to using it.
The new launch schedule will
enable us to complete the expansion of our Internet-based
testing operations worldwide,"
says Pearlman.
Test takers will get almost a
full year to continue taking the
test under the old format. Bethel
senior Emily Osborne, a history
and social studies 5-12 education major, and someone interested in graduate school, thinks
that the pushed back date might
be the perfect opportunity. Osborne herself is planning on
taking the exam before the new
launch. "I think it will be easier,
because I'll know what will be
on it," she said about the older
exam.
She pointed out that the
current GRE has a great deal of
study aids already published,
and a new test will take time to
get new aids compiled and published. Osborne said lhat "...if
studenis 'are thinking about
(taking the test), they will do so
before the change; il just makes
sense."
The new GRE has made
significant changes, according
to ETC. Supposedly, the changes have created an exam that is
more up to date and applicable
for today's graduate students
and will provide graduate institutions with more accurate
information regarding the applicant's performance.
Changes are being made to
nearly every part of the Verbal
Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing
sections, and the scoring scale
is being reworked for the Verbal
and Quantitative sections.
Like the old exam, the GRE
will continue to be administered
several times a year on fixed
dates, but an expanded internet-based system will be available for world-wide test taking,
which is a major accomplishment for ETS.
The current GRE also has
been subject to security concerns, especially in regards to
the integrity of test results. ETS
said the new internet-based platform addresses these concerns,
and the security loopholes have
been shored up.
Women's History
Month celebration
continues
Multiple events available
to students throughout
March
By Pamela Feltmann
Women's History Month
has officially kicked off, and
many events have already started this week. However, there
are many more events coming
up next week and the rest of the
month.
PoeL Julia Kasdorf, author
of "Sleeping Preacher" and
"Eve's Stripiease," will speak in
chapel on Monday, March 6, on
the topic, "Remove Your Virtual
Shoes."
Following chapel from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kasdorf
will be present for discussion
at a free lunch in the Eastlund
Room. The topics will be her life
as a poet and growing up in a
Mennonite communiiy.
Kasdorf will hold a poetry
reading on Monday, March 6 at
7 p.m. at the 9th Streel Gallery,
500 N. Robert St., St. Paul. Fol-
.
lowing ihe reading, there will be
refreshments, book signing and
a question and answer session.
A fashion show titled
"American Beauiy: Women's
Fashion, 1860-1920" will be
held Tuesday, March 7 at 4 p.m.
in the Eastlund Room. Students
modeling period costumes will
aid Dr. AnneMarie Kooistra and
Dr. Diana Davis Magnuson in
demonstrating the evolution of
conceptions of beauty from the
era of the Civil War belle to the
tweniieth-century flapper.
Bethel's March Film Forum
will show Moolaadi, the story of
a woman who stands up against
female circumcision in Africa,
on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m.
in Benson Great Hall.
Continued on page two
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BETHEL UNIVERSITY
Thursday, March 2, 2006
http://bethelnet.bethel.edu/clarion
Volume 81 • Number 17
Abortion discussed at length
New Life resource center speaks in chapel
By Monique Champeau
Abortion. The word itself
brings up powerful emotions
and viewpoints for many Bethel
students. When Mindy Bosma,
Bethel alumnus and director al a
New Life Family Services, siood
up in chapel last Friday, Feb.
24, she knew she was breaking a painful silence for many
people.
A first for Bethel chapel occurred that day when a live ultrasound of a woman 13 weeks
into pregnancy revealed a visible
heartbeat and an active baby.
"The mom doesn't even
look 'pregnant,' but as you can
see, there's a lot going on inside," said Bethel alumnus and
New Life nurse Meghan Anderson. "After six weeks, the mom
has jusl missed her first period,
and there's already a heartbeat."
One-third of American
women will have an abortion
before age 45, making it one of
the most common yet life-altering decisions women can make.
New Life, a non-profit
Christian pregnancy resource
center wilh five locations in
the Twin Cities, seeks to help
expectant mothers with unplanned pregnancies. It offers
resources for abstinence education, free pregnancy tests, a licensed adoption agency, limited
ultrasounds, a baby clothing
shelf and several support groups
and counselors for those dealing
with single parenting, adoption
or abortion.
"When I was ai Belhel, I
didn't even know these places
existed. If someone had come
to me for help, I wouldn't have
known what to do," said Bosma. "New Life is here to share
a message of forgiveness, grace,
healing and hope. We are non-
judgmental; we welcome anyone with open arms, and we're
always open and willing to talk
wilh someone."
A follow-up panel on Monday, Feb. 27 allowed Bethel
women to discuss abortion and
hear from a variety of women
who have dealt with the issue
firsthand. They talked about
past pregnancies, abortion-related infertility and lhe pain and
fear of dealing with pregnancy
in an often-judgmental Christian atmosphere.
Though pregnancy seems
to be ignored by or unaccepted
for Christian teens, the message
of the panel was clear: sexual
sin and abortion are just like
any other sin and they need to
be addressed as such.
One panelist said that "we
live in a world where people
don't know how lo respond
most oT the lime. Sex needs to be
talked about; lhe lies Satan tells
us need lo be talked about."
Another admitted that finding a communiiy in which lo
talk openly about her past "finally allowed her to confront
where she was coming from."
While the subject remains
somewhat hush-hush in Christian circles, the goal of ihis
week's chapel and panel discussion was to open eyes and
provide resources and answers
to questions. Sludents are encouraged to check out New Life
Family Services at http://www.
nlfs.org/ for more information
about pregnancy, abortion or
what New Life has lo offer.
* C--
«** 0 v
Eftt-Kv 0B
V+e
Photo by Danica Myers
Live sonogram brings a heightened level of reality to the message.
^ i HEOS
CHftRftC emo
Heather Rae
Nameth at 9th
Street Gallery
Photos by Danica Myers
Local artist makes art
which comments on
the kitsch that can
frequently be found
decorating Grandma's
kitchen.
No split opinions on Snowcoming
On Feb. 24 students gathered in Benson Great Hall
where there were more
than a "couple" of laughs.
All the dorms entered into
friendly competition for
Snowcoming, which was
known as Mr. & Mrs. Homecoming in years past.
For a complete photo
spread, go to page six.
Photo: The opening dance
number started the evening
on a high note.
Graduate Records
Examination
revised
V
GRE changes shift
student's thinking on
taking the test
By David M. Miller
Some good news might
be in sight for scores of Bethel
sludents looking to take the
Graduate Records Examination,
or GRE, in the coming months.
A revised examination format
was recently approved by the
board of the Educational Testing
Service, or ETS, the company
whom administers the GRE.
The board has decided to
push the new launch dale back
from October 2006 to the fall
of 2007. The new test date provides an opportunity for students to lake the exam under
the old format, one which many
studenis express ihey are more
comfortable with.
The new GRE will be done
in an entirely computer-based,
electronic format. But some
problems have been raised in
getting the new platform into
operation by the 2006 date.
However, "The higher
education and graduate communities are excited about the
revised GRE," said Mari Pearlman, senior vice president of
the higher education division at
ETS. "They worked with us to
create this revised test, and they
are looking forward to using it.
The new launch schedule will
enable us to complete the expansion of our Internet-based
testing operations worldwide,"
says Pearlman.
Test takers will get almost a
full year to continue taking the
test under the old format. Bethel
senior Emily Osborne, a history
and social studies 5-12 education major, and someone interested in graduate school, thinks
that the pushed back date might
be the perfect opportunity. Osborne herself is planning on
taking the exam before the new
launch. "I think it will be easier,
because I'll know what will be
on it," she said about the older
exam.
She pointed out that the
current GRE has a great deal of
study aids already published,
and a new test will take time to
get new aids compiled and published. Osborne said lhat "...if
studenis 'are thinking about
(taking the test), they will do so
before the change; il just makes
sense."
The new GRE has made
significant changes, according
to ETC. Supposedly, the changes have created an exam that is
more up to date and applicable
for today's graduate students
and will provide graduate institutions with more accurate
information regarding the applicant's performance.
Changes are being made to
nearly every part of the Verbal
Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing
sections, and the scoring scale
is being reworked for the Verbal
and Quantitative sections.
Like the old exam, the GRE
will continue to be administered
several times a year on fixed
dates, but an expanded internet-based system will be available for world-wide test taking,
which is a major accomplishment for ETS.
The current GRE also has
been subject to security concerns, especially in regards to
the integrity of test results. ETS
said the new internet-based platform addresses these concerns,
and the security loopholes have
been shored up.
Women's History
Month celebration
continues
Multiple events available
to students throughout
March
By Pamela Feltmann
Women's History Month
has officially kicked off, and
many events have already started this week. However, there
are many more events coming
up next week and the rest of the
month.
PoeL Julia Kasdorf, author
of "Sleeping Preacher" and
"Eve's Stripiease," will speak in
chapel on Monday, March 6, on
the topic, "Remove Your Virtual
Shoes."
Following chapel from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kasdorf
will be present for discussion
at a free lunch in the Eastlund
Room. The topics will be her life
as a poet and growing up in a
Mennonite communiiy.
Kasdorf will hold a poetry
reading on Monday, March 6 at
7 p.m. at the 9th Streel Gallery,
500 N. Robert St., St. Paul. Fol-
.
lowing ihe reading, there will be
refreshments, book signing and
a question and answer session.
A fashion show titled
"American Beauiy: Women's
Fashion, 1860-1920" will be
held Tuesday, March 7 at 4 p.m.
in the Eastlund Room. Students
modeling period costumes will
aid Dr. AnneMarie Kooistra and
Dr. Diana Davis Magnuson in
demonstrating the evolution of
conceptions of beauty from the
era of the Civil War belle to the
tweniieth-century flapper.
Bethel's March Film Forum
will show Moolaadi, the story of
a woman who stands up against
female circumcision in Africa,
on Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m.
in Benson Great Hall.
Continued on page two
I